Mystery action group targets traffic offences

WARNING NOTICE LEFT ON PARKED CAR BLOCKING CYCLE FILTER PATH

- GRETA SIMPSON

A MYSTERIOUS community group has begun leaving unofficial notices of traffic offences on cars in a south Manchester suburb.

A notice was spotted in Levenshulme on Tuesday, attached to the windscreen of a white Mercedes. It was parked on Slade Lane, directly blocking the cycle path that exits from Osborne Road.

Cars can no longer access the road, which was closed off and converted to a 'cycle filter, along with fourteen others, in early 2021.

The filters prevent cars from entering residential streets but allow cyclists and pedestrians in and out, in an attempt to reduce the number of motorists in the area.

Looking very official with a black and white check header and footer, the typed-out notice was headed 'Notice of Traffic Offence Violation' and addressed to 'the driver of this vehicle.